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Rich Republicans Say Birth Control Is Cheap Rich Republicans Say Birth Control Is Cheap

Conservative millionaires and billionaires don’t see any need for health insurance to cover birth control when aspirin is cheaply available. 

Feb 16, 2012 / Ben Adler

Jeremy Scahill: Militant Blowback in Yemen

Jeremy Scahill: Militant Blowback in Yemen Jeremy Scahill: Militant Blowback in Yemen

What role and responsibility does the United States have for the situation in Yemen?

Feb 16, 2012 / The Nation

Katrina vanden Heuvel: Women’s Health Is a New Front in the GOP’s War on Obama Katrina vanden Heuvel: Women’s Health Is a New Front in the GOP’s War on Obama

In the Republican frenzy to take down Obama, women and their health have become collateral damage.

Feb 16, 2012 / Press Room

Honduras in Flames Honduras in Flames

The horrific prison fire in Comayagua is only the latest deadly outcome of the larger politically driven firestorm that is post-coup Honduras today.

Feb 16, 2012 / Dana Frank

Republican Hearing on Contraception: No Women Allowed Republican Hearing on Contraception: No Women Allowed

Republicans are holding a hearing on contraceptive access this morning, but don’t expect to hear from any women.

Feb 16, 2012 / George Zornick

John Nichols: Wisconsin’s Uprising

John Nichols: Wisconsin’s Uprising John Nichols: Wisconsin’s Uprising

Early 2011 was a dark time for the American left, until the Wisconsin protests began.

Feb 16, 2012 / Francis Reynolds and Emily Douglas

The .000063 Percent Election The .000063 Percent Election

How the politics of the super-rich became American politics.

Feb 16, 2012 / Ari Berman

Apple’s China Comes Home to Haunt Us Apple’s China Comes Home to Haunt Us

It seems China’s labor practices are now to be admired rather than scorned, lest the American economy decline further in the new world order.

Feb 16, 2012 / Robert Scheer

Obama in Wisconsin: The Soft Economics of Low Expectations Obama in Wisconsin: The Soft Economics of Low Expectations

The president returned to the battleground state of Wisconsin and gave a well-received speech. But he avoided hot-button labor issues and the trade and industrial policies tha...

Feb 16, 2012 / John Nichols

The Price of Dissent in Saudi Arabia The Price of Dissent in Saudi Arabia

Hamza Kashgari’s persecution—merely for tweeting uncertainty about his religious faith—exposes the cynicism and brutality of the kingdom’s royal-clerical ru...

Feb 15, 2012 / Toby C. Jones

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